[Hiring] Brand Systems Designer @Aareon Group

Role Description

Aareon is looking for an experienced Brand Systems Designer to build Aareon's Canva ecosystem from the ground up. Your primary objective is to create the design infrastructure that allows a growing organisation to produce high-quality, on-brand collateral at scale. You will translate Aareon's evolving design system into Canva, creating governed templates, component libraries, workflows, and brand controls that enable teams across the business to create assets independently.

This role helps solve the problem of significant collateral requests by creating systems that make self-service possible while maintaining brand consistency during one of the largest brand transitions in the company's history. You will work closely with the team to create a scalable Canva environment that supports the branded-house rollout, reduces operational friction, and establishes the foundation for future growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Canva Brand System Architecture
  • Design and build Aareon's Canva enterprise environment.
  • Establish the structure, governance, and taxonomy behind the Canva workspace.
  • Configure brand controls, locked elements, approved assets, and reusable components.
  • Create a scalable framework that supports both current and future brand requirements.
  • Develop standards that enable self-service without sacrificing consistency.
• Template Library Development
  • Create a comprehensive library of Canva templates for marketing, sales, customer success, and corporate communications.
  • Develop templates for social media, presentations, case studies, product sheets, event assets, email graphics, and internal communications.
  • Build modular template systems that can be used across multiple products and audiences.
  • Ensure templates are intuitive for non-design users.
  • Reduce the volume of routine asset requests flowing into the marketing team.
• Branded House Rollout Support
  • Support the rollout of the One Aareon identity and evolving product architecture.
  • Translate brand standards into practical, repeatable Canva assets and workflows.
  • Ensure newly launched products and initiatives can be supported within the system.
  • Help maintain consistency across legacy brands transitioning into the new architecture.
  • Support adoption of Aareon Intelligence and future product launches through scalable branded assets.
• Governance & Enablement
  • Develop Canva governance guidelines and usage standards.
  • Create training materials and documentation for internal users.
  • Enable teams to create their own collateral safely and consistently.
  • Establish approval routes and governance controls where required.
  • Work with stakeholders to improve adoption and utilisation across the organisation.
• Design Systems & Asset Management
  • Translate Aareon's visual identity into a structured design system.
  • Ensure design assets, components, and templates remain current and organised.
  • Create processes for maintaining and evolving the Canva environment.
  • Work closely with Designers and the Creative Lead to ensure alignment with broader brand standards.
  • Leave behind a sustainable system that can be maintained internally after the contract concludes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building Canva environments, brand hubs, or enterprise Canva implementations.
• Advanced Canva expertise, including Brand Kits, template governance, permissions, and workspace architecture.
• Experience designing self-service template ecosystems for non-design users.
• Strong graphic design capability and understanding of visual identity systems.
• Experience translating brand guidelines into scalable workflows and reusable assets.
• Experience supporting brand transitions, identity rollouts, or organisational transformation.
• Ability to balance governance with usability.

Requirements

• Experience implementing Canva across large or distributed organisations.
• Experience supporting acquisition integration or multi-brand consolidation.
• Experience within technology, SaaS, PropTech, or B2B organisations.
• Familiarity with Figma component systems and design-system methodologies.
• Experience creating training programmes and adoption frameworks.

What We're Looking For

• Someone who designs for the person who will use the template, not for the portfolio.
• Discipline about governance, since the whole value of this is that it holds after you leave.
• Comfort finishing and handing over rather than staying attached to the work.
• Interest in the unglamorous problem, because the payoff is a business that stops waiting on marketing.

What Success Looks Like

• Establish Aareon's Canva environment as the single source of truth for branded collateral.
• Create a template ecosystem that supports self-service across the organisation.
• Significantly reduce the volume of routine design requests entering the marketing team.
• Improve brand consistency across Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success.
• Successfully support the branded-house transition through scalable design infrastructure.
• Introduce governance processes that protect quality whilst increasing speed.
• Enable colleagues across the business to create on-brand collateral independently.
• Leave behind a sustainable system that continues delivering value long after the engagement ends.

Why Join Aareon?

This is an opportunity to build the brand operating system that will support Aareon's next phase of growth. Rather than creating individual assets, you'll create the infrastructure behind thousands of future assets. Your work will shape how Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success communicate for years to come, whilst supporting one of the most ambitious brand transformation programmes currently underway in UK property technology.